This was not a leak since it did not contain any classified material - the media needs to stop using the word "leak" in this instance. It was however an accounting of what transpired between the two people and made public.

This just has me wondering where the $598.5 billion budget from last year was spent on. we dump so much money into the war machine and they have to go to private industry to help them. Maybe the wrong people are in charge?

Other forms of media. Hulu, Google, Netflix, Amazon's media service. All these types of companies are gaining a foothold because educated people are cutting the cord and going to them because they are fed up with being held captive. Face it the only way to get rid of some ISP's is to sell your house and move.

Competition comes into play we are allowed to have 3rd party STB's, What's to say that they don't start doing things like packet injection, that causes an inferior experience. Or change standards that obsolete the customer purchased equipment? This is what I would expect from an industry that has had a cash cow taken from it,

What if Apple just refused to sell iPhones in New York if this law was passed? What would the outcome be? I'm guessing that some elected officials may be looking for new jobs after the next election. In the interim would the state of NY be willing to compensate those hack accounts compromised do to lack of encryption?How would this affect the financial institutions based in NY?Would they leave for another state that allowed encryption

How are these people in office proposing laws on something they don't fully comprehend

Data Collection has been going on for years. From Project Escalation to the newest Meta data gathered by the NSA. This information has been shared with allies in hopes of stopping these acts of terrorism. AND IT HASN'T workedHow is back door entrance to encryption going to be a game changer.

Maybe they should start looking at how they conduct business, rather than strip our rights and protections away one by one

Data Collection has been going on for years. From Project Escalation to the newest Mete data gathered by the NSA. This information has been shared with allies in hopes of stopping these acts of terrorism. AND IT HASN'T workedHow is back door entrance to encryption going to be a game changer.

Maybe they should start looking at how they conduct business, rather than strip our rights and protections away one by one